Akiba South Side Jewish Day School

*900Plaintiffs seek reimbursement for sums expended performing a contract with the Illinois Office of Education to provide meals to school children pursuant to the National School Lunch Act. Defendant’s motion for summary judgment, opposed by plaintiffs, maintains that defendant’s funding of the meal program was a sovereign act for which it cannot be held liable and that defendant did not contract with plaintiffs either directly or through the State of Illinois as defendant’s alleged agent. For the reasons stated below, we grant defendant’s motion and dismiss the petition.

In this motion for…